1. Mutual neutralization of atomic rare-gas cations (Ne+, Ar+, Kr+, Xe+) with atomic halide anions (Cl-, Br-, I-).
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Shuman, Nicholas S., Miller, Thomas M., Johnsen, Rainer, and Viggiano, Albert A.
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CATIONS , *ANIONS , *NOBLE gases , *CHEMICAL reactions , *MASS spectrometry , *THERMAL properties - Abstract
We report thermal rate coefficients for 12 reactions of rare gas cations (Ne+, Ar+, Kr+, Xe+) with halide anions (Cl-, Br-, I-), comprising both mutual neutralization (MN) and transfer ionization. No rate coefficients have been previously reported for these reactions; however, the development of the Variable Electron and Neutral Density Attachment Mass Spectrometry technique makes it possible to measure the difference of the rate coefficients for pairs of parallel reactions in a Flowing Afterglow-Langmuir Probe apparatus. Measurements of 18 such combinations of competing reaction pairs yield an over-determined data set from which a consistent set of rate coefficients of the 12 MN reactions can be deduced. Unlike rate coefficients of MN reactions involving at least one polyatomic ion, which vary by at most a factor of ∼3, those of the atom-atom reactions vary by at least a factor 60 depending on the species. It is found that the rate coefficients involving light raregas ions are larger than those for the heavier rare-gas ions, but the opposite trend is observed in the progression from Cl- to I-. The largest rate coefficient is 6.5 × 10-8 cm³ s-1 for Ne+ with I-. Rate coefficients for Ar+, Kr+, and Xe+ reacting with Br2- are also reported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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